The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-09-29
GENERAL NEWS.
Doings Throughout the World and
the Nation.
Items Taken From the Latest Teie-
graphic Reports on Subjects
of interest.


of interest.
A fresh outbreak of Texas fever has ap
peared at Tekeamah, Neb.
The third national convention of the
Women's Relief Corps met in St. Louis
yesterday.
A French fishing boat has been sunk ir
the English channel, and eighteen per
sons drowned.
Reports are in circulation of the re-
newal of Prince Frederick William'e
throat trouble.
Patron, the trotting wonder, lost the
special race for $4,000 to Clingstone, al
Detroit, last Saturday.
Rails were torn up on railroad in
Cork, Tuesday, over which the police had
to pass to aid in evictions.
Anarchist Oscar Neebe was taken tc
Joliet, secretly, last Monday night, to be-
gin his ffteen-year sentence.
Rioting is reported on the Spanish isl
and of Ponapi, in consequence of the ex-
pulsion of Protestant missionaries.
The first Southern Pacific through
train since the recent storm left Tucson,
Arizona, for the east, Monday afternoon.
Cardinal Gibbons reached Chicago,
Tuesday, on his way to Portland, and
was given reception by the archbj mop.
Charles Blevins and John Graham.
outlaws. were killed by sheriff's posse
last Thursday, in Pleasant Valley, Ari-
zona.
Balfour has been asked by unionist
members of parliament to prevent
O'Brien from continuing his "incendiary
speeches.
It is reported from Cairo, Egypt, that
beyond Wady Halfa a hundred lives have
been lost in foods caused by the rising
of the Nile.
Principal Officer Bell. of the Thistle,
thinks there must have been something
wrong with the cutters bottom and will
investigate.
John Kernaghan was hanged at San
Francisco last Friday for the murder Of
his sister-in-law. Martha Ann Hood, in
October, 1885.
It is reported in Topeka, Kansas, that
Mayor Metsker will appoint Mrs. M. f.
DeGeer, the we'll known female lawyer
as police judge.
BaiIiffs, protected by police, attempted
to seize the cattle of a tenant at Kill
barry, Ireland, but were driven of by the
crowd, Monday.
The postmaster general of Canada has
confessed to bribery in his election to tie
Dominion parliament, and his Nova Sco-
tian seat is vacated.
A passenger train on the Mobile &
Ohio railroad was thrown from a trestle
near Jackson, Tenn, Tuesday, and a
number of persons injured.
The lightweight championship match
between Jack McAuliffe, of Brooklyn,
and Jem Carney, of England. has been
postponed until October 81.
The Salt Lake chamber of commerce
has sent communication to the Butte
board of trade inviting cooperation
against the Union Pacific's extortionate
freight rates.
The Grand Army veterans were given
magnificent reception at the st. Louis
Merchants Exchange, Tuesday night, at
which Mayor Francis made an eloquent
welcome address.
Russell, NJ. P. attempted to address
uIllOIllSC uiccCAAS do ~ HS'tltu, IaS'
Monday evening, but there was so much
Opposition and kissing and hooting that
be could not proceed
The American boat, the Volunteer
beat the Scotch vessel, Thistle, in New
York harbor, Tuesday. by more than an
hour. The wind was favorable to the
Thistle, but she lost it and the race by
tack1ng too close to the shore.
Three children while playing on the
Loland at Quebec last Saturday where
the artillery competition was recently
held, found shell and lit the fuse. The
bomb exploded and all were killed.
Active measures have been initiated for
raising the necessary funds in the prov.
ince OF Manitoba for the completion OF
the Red River road. The city of Winni.
peg has taken hold of the matter and II
contribute S250,O00. The remaining
three-quarters of a million will doubtless
he raised among local capitalists.